Detachable suspension-hook for painters.



v G. F. THRUMAN.

DETAOHABLE SUSPENSION HOOK FOR PAINTBRS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 6. 1912,

1,040,462. Patented Oct. 8, 1912.

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To all whom it may comm;

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. THRU- MAN, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Pasadena, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Detachable suspension Hooks tor Painters, of which the following is a spec1fication.

My invention pertains to suspension devices, and it is particularly adapted as a detachable suspension stock or holder for the use of palnters, carpenters, or other workmen who require the use of an apparatus for holding paint, nails and other articles or tools, as will now be set forth in detail.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1, is a side view of my detachable hook or holder for painters. Fig. 2 is a side view of the hook. Fig. 3, is a side view of the device attached to thewall of a bailding, and Fig. 4, is a side view of the device as applied to the roof of a building.

In constructing my invention I prepare a base plate 6, which comprises :2 hin metallic strip of suitable length, this stri having a knife edge 7 at its upper end, an at its lower end a ri ht-angled bend 8, to receive a swiveled hoo 9. Midway between the ends of this base piece the body has two prongs 10, bent back, these prongs being sharpened, so that in applying the device, for instance to the wall of a building the pointed upper end may be inserted between the overlapping edges of weather boarding, as shown in Fig. 8, and when in that position the prongs will engage with the fiat side of the weather boards 'and thus hold the device in position.

- Near the lower end of the ba circularly formed projectin want 11, this segment having notch cs therein. To this segment I pivot the lower end of a is a semi- ,bracket arm 13, the upper end of the bracket arm having a hook 14. The lower end of the bracket arm has an offset, at one side; as shown at 15, and along the side of the body opposite the ofi-set, is a plate 16, also pivoted, as at 17, to the segment, the upper end of the late 16, having a right-angled bend 18. A racket 19 is also secured to the bracket arm and extends out parallel with the angled bend 18, and through these two rightangled extensions I place a trigger 20, the trigger passing down alongside of the Specification 01! Letters Patent. V Patented 8 191 12;

plate 16, and at its lower end isa ri' his angled bend 21, which passes through s-ots formed in both the plate 16, and through the bracket arm 13, terminat' in an extension 22, which rests behind t e bracket arm.

The knee of this right-angled bend 21, is adapted to engage with the edge of the segment 11, and is capable of moving a limited distance, so it will en age with the notches of the segment and arm in the positions designed bythe notches.

A coiled s ring 23 on the trig er between the rig it-angled bend 18, and a pin 24:, through the trigger, serves to normally keep the knee in engagement with the segment.

The trigger has a right-angled extension 25 at its upper end, so that the user may readily draw it up and disengage the trigger from the segment when it is desired to swing the bracket arm into any desired position.

In using the hook at the upper end the bracket arm may be applied to any object for the urpose of suspending it or the large hook b round of a ladder and the other hook have the pail attached thereto, and as the large 'hook is swiveled the pail can be turned to any desired position. It ma be applied us hold the bracket elow may be attached to the t with equal facility' to the si e"'wall of a vbuildin as shown in Fig. 8, or to a roof or incline surface and a pail or other object attached 'to the adjustable bracket arm which is swung to the desired position and held by the means. described.

What I claim as new, is:

1. A detachable holder, comprising a base plate, the upper end of which is pointed or tapering, the lower end having a ht-angled bend, and a swivel hook secure thereto, and a bracket arm hinged to said plate, and means for adjustably holding said bracket arm in various'positions.

2. A detachable holder comprisin a base plate, having a hook at its lower on means for detachably securing same to an object, a notched segment on said base, a bracket arm hinged to said segment, a trigger .for engaging the notches of the segment and a hook at the free end of said bracket arm.

3. A holder, comprising a base having a tapering upper end, and a swiveled hook at its lower end, a pair of prongs projectin rearwardly from saidbase, and a hinge adjustable bracket arm on the front of said plate having a hook to suspend objects there from.

4. In a detachable holder for painters use. a base plate tapering at its up er end, and having a swiveled hook at its oWer end, a pair 5f rearwardly-projecting prongs on its rear side, a notched segment on its front side, a bracket arm hinged to said segment,

having a hook at its outer end, a trigger alongside of the bracket arm, and in en gagement with the notched segment, and

means for normally keeping said trigger in engagement with the notched segment.

Signed at the city of Los Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of California, this 15 24th day of February, 1912, in the presence of witnesses.

CHARLES F. THRUMAN.

Witnesses:

J. H. KNAPP, J. S. ZERBE. 

